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  2. Buoyancy aid - Wikipedia

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    Buoyancy aids are a specialist form of personal flotation device (PFD) used most commonly by kayakers, canoeists, people practicing rafting, and dinghy sailors. They are designed as a flotation aid, rather than merely a life-saving device and have several key differences to other PFD's and lifejackets .

  3. Personal flotation device - Wikipedia

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    Personal flotation devices being worn on a navy transport . A personal flotation device (PFD; also referred to as a life jacket, life preserver, life belt, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid or flotation suit) is a flotation device in the form of a vest or suit that is worn by a user to prevent the wearer from drowning in a body of water.

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    The bow used for playing some string instruments (i.e. played with the bow, as opposed to pizzicato, in music for bowed instruments); normally used to cancel a pizzicato direction aria Self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment (which may be provided by a pianist using an orchestral reduction) arietta A short aria ...

  5. Pool float - Wikipedia

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    It can be used to aid in floating or stretching exercises. A pull buoy or "leg float" is used to focus exercise on the arms. Pool dumbbells are used for strength training where muscles push down against buoyancy. This is the opposite of conventional dumbbells, which are used to force muscles to pull up, against gravity.

  6. Inflatable armbands - Wikipedia

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    This is an assessment of the efficiency of non-return valves designed to prevent the armbands from deflating suddenly if an inflation valve comes open. Standards also require prominent labelling near the inflation valves stating that inflatable armbands are not life preservers and should only be used under competent supervision.

  7. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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    mack A structure which combines the radar mast and the exhaust stack of a surface ship, thereby saving valuable deck space. [citation needed]Mae West A Second World War personal flotation device used to keep people afloat in the water; named after the 1930s actress Mae West, well known for her large bosom.

  8. Flotation - Wikipedia

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    Flotation, any material added to the hull of a watercraft to keep the hull afloat; Flotation, the ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow "Floatation", a 1990 electronic music song by The Grid; Flotation process, in process engineering, a method for the separation of mixtures

  9. Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck - Wikipedia

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    Mixed by Brian O'Shaughnessy and Flotation Toy Warning at Bark Studio. Mastered by Nick Robbins at Soundmastering. Produced by Steve Swindon and Flotation Toy Warning. All songs written by Paul Carter and Ben Clay with Flotation Toy Warning. Lyrics by Paul Carter. Brass and string arrangements by Vicky West. Sleeve design by Vicky West.